West Ham United’s English midfielder Jesse Lingard celebrates with team-mates after scoring their second goal during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur at The London Stadium, in east London on February 21, 2021. Kirsty Wigglesworth / POOL / AFPJose Mourinho admitted troubled Tottenham’s top-four hopes are in tatters after West Ham moved into fourth place with a 2-1 win on Sunday.
Lucas Moura reduced the deficit with his first league goal since September, but spluttering Spurs were unable to salvage a point.West Ham climbed two points above Chelsea into the Champions League spots as their unexpected European challenge gathered pace with a seventh win in their last nine league matches.And while Moyes has sparked a remarkable revival at West Ham, who were in a relegation battle when he arrived last season, Mourinho’s Tottenham are in the middle of a woeful campaign.
“The team in the second half was trying absolutely everything. We were the team that tried to play but the boys were not lucky.” “This time last year you were asking me if we can avoid relegation so it is a great feeling that is gone.” Antonio’s initial toe-poked effort was saved by Tottenham keeper Hugo Lloris and the West Ham forward quickly got to his feet to stab in the rebound from close-range.Tomas Soucek was left with blood streaming down his face after a clash of heads with Tanganga, putting West Ham down to 10 men for five minutes while the midfielder went off to be stitched up.Aided by Tottenham’s statuesque rearguard, Lingard broke clear to drive a fine finish into the far corner in the 47th minute.